With a robust multi year roadmap IDEXX has invested heavily in Veterinary Software, and we’re seeking a skilled Senior Front End Engineer to join our Vello squad. Your focus will be delivering high quality solutions that overcome complex challenges related to our portfolio of cloud platforms and applications. Come help us push the boundaries of what veterinary software can do.
This role can be remote anywhere in the United States or based out of our Westbrook, Maine office.
But what is Vello? Vello gives everything a vet needs to connect with their clients—all in one place. It streamlines the ways they engage with pet owners with a single experience built for IDEXX PIMS. With software-supported engagement across the life stages of a pet, pet owners become informed partners in care—supporting better health outcomes. Vello is built on AWS with a cloud-native approach. We use Lambda for serverless computing, TypeScript for development, and combines DynamoDB with Postgres RDS for data management. ECS containers handle deployment, scalability & performance.
Within IDEXX we are a part of the IDEXX Veterinary Software portfolio. With a focus on software solutions, we are dedicated to enhancing the health and well-being of pets, people, and livestock around the world. Through the power of the cloud, our solutions simplify the flow of information across any practice and link vets to what they need when they need it. Patient data. Client communications. Business insights. All at their fingertips.
Our journey is solving veterinary practices’ most pressing needs by focusing on innovation to drive meaningful improvements in animal health.
What your day might look like:
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Drive the technical design of complex front-end features and systems, translating product requirements into scalable, maintainable architecture
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Build sophisticated user interfaces that are performant, accessible, and consistent across devices
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Champion clean, modular, and reusable code using modern front-end frameworks (e.g. React, TypeScript)
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Continuously optimize applications for performance, load time, and responsiveness, especially at scale
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Write comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure reliability and reduce regressions
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Lead code reviews with a focus on front-end best practices, architecture, and overall system quality
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Identify opportunities to refactor and modernize legacy code to improve performance and maintainability
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Influence and contribute to high-level decisions around our front-end architecture, tooling, and design systems
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Mentor and support junior and mid-level engineers, providing guidance on technical challenges and career development
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Collaborate closely with design, product, and backend teams to deliver seamless, user-centric experiences at scale
What you need to succeed:
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Strong technical skills in front-end architecture and scalable web app development
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Track record of driving technical improvements and mentoring others
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Experience building for cloud-based, SaaS environments
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Familiarity with tools like TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, AWS, Serverless, Postgres, Kafka, or similar (not all required)
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Solid understanding of testing practices and writing unit/integration tests
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Strong grasp of modular design, component architecture, and design patterns
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Experience consuming and integrating APIs (REST/GraphQL)
Why IDEXX?
We’re proud of the work we do because our work matters. An innovation expert in every industry we serve, we follow our Purpose and Core Values to help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals healthy and happy, to ensure safe drinking water for billions, and to help farmers protect livestock and poultry from disease. We have customers in over 175 countries and over 10,000 talented employees globally.
What does that mean for you? We enrich the livelihoods of our employees with a positive and respectful work culture that encourages learning and discovery. At IDEXX, you will be motivated by generous compensation, incentives, and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement. Let’s pursue what matters together.
IDEXX values a diverse workforce and workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. IDEXX is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws.
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